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Trump straight-up fabricates a bizarre anecdote about an unnamed person who was driving an American car in Beijing.
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underpants
(182,868 posts)Think of the children!
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)He's just making shit up whole cloth now.
CanonRay
(14,112 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)He claims a Chevy Camero costs $119,000 in China because of tariffs and taxes. Auto News, et al, says it's half that...$58,000.
If just once he'd stick to the facts (rather than the alternative facts) perhaps he could make a valid point, but he's never satisfied unless he can over-hype his information.
[link:https://www.4wheelsnews.com/auto/2017-chevrolet-camaro-china-price-37124.html|
However, the same cannot be said of other big markets like China. General Motors just announced that in China, its sixth-generation Camaro will have a starting price of RMB 399,900, which in current exchange rates comes in at about $58,000. Thats right, it is indeed double the U.S. price.
underpants
(182,868 posts)Well, they guy bought it didn't he?
Here were the top 20 most exported models from U.S. plants to China in 2017:
BMW X5: 52,407
Mercedes-Benz GLE: 40,304
BMW X3: 34,609
Lincoln MKC: 17,753
Mercedes-Benz GLS: 17,420
Mercedes-Benz R-Class: 13,402
Ford Explorer: 12,906
BMW X4: 10,928
BMW X6: 9,027
Tesla Model X: 8,848
Jeep Grand Cherokee: 8,832
Toyota Sienna: 7,460
Ford Mustang: 7,137
Tesla Model S: 5,931
Jeep Wrangler: 5,302
Lincoln Continental: 4,927
Lincoln Navigator: 1,764
Jeep Cherokee: 1,697
Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: 1,061
Chevrolet Camaro: 977
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/04/10/chinese-auto-tariffs-xi-jinping/503470002/